All announcements at EVO 2022

The annual Evolution Championship Series, better known as EVO, is always quite an exciting event for fighting game enthusiasts around the world. Not only do they get to watch pro players compete for the title of champion, but they also get tons of announcements about their favorite games. We have listed everything that was announced at this year’s EVO for you here.

Kimberly and Yuri announced for Street Fighter 6

After the Street Fighter 5 finale, players received a new trailer for the upcoming one street fighter 6, which introduced two new characters. First, we got our first glimpse of the all-new character Kimberly, which has a pretty interesting fighting style. After that Juri presented, which players already know from Street Fighter 4 and 5. Incidentally, both characters were part of the roster leaks for Street Fighter 6 from the past.

In addition, two more new voices for the real-time commentary feature of the game revealed. James Chen and “Tasty” Steve Scott will certainly be familiar to any player who has watched a Street Fighter tournament in the past. These same well-known figures from the community will comment on your matches in Street Fighter 6.

SNK is working on a new Fatal Fury

Furthermore, a certain series finally gets a new offshoot after more than 23 years. We’re talking about here Fatal Fury, which was last able to inspire players with Garou: Mark of the Wolves from 1999. The accompanying trailer didn’t give any insight into the actual game, but the announcement of a new Fatal Fury offshoot is enough to trigger anticipation in many players.

Tekken 8 may have received its first teaser

There were also some announcements about Tekken. Not only will a new balance update appear on August 17 this year, which will revise the game’s characters again, the Tekken World Tour will also return. At the end of the trailer we got a supposed teaser for the next offshoot of the popular series, Tekken 8. There will probably be an official announcement at the Game Awards in December this year.

King of Fighters 15 is getting a bunch of new DLC characters

For King of Fighters 15 became a new series DLC characters revealed, joining the previously announced Team Awakened Orochi. The new Team Samurai features three characters from SNK’s Samurai Shodown series, who will be making guest appearances in King of Fighters for the first time. Notably, Haohmaru, Nakoruru, and Darli Dagger will soon join the King of Fighter roster. In the future, Kyo Kusunagi and Kim Kaphwan from Fatal Fury will also be released for KOF 15.

Bridget available now for Guilty Gear Strive

In matters Guilty Gear Strive Producer Daisuke Ishiwatari personally announced the new DLC character Bridget on. The new character was released earlier today along with a new season pass, and another DLC character for the anime fighter is due out later this year. Bridget is a must-see for anyone who wants to pummel their opponents with a yo-yo and an oversized plush bear.

Big update for Melty Blood: Type Lumina

Another anime fighter, Melty Blood: Type Lumina, is getting two new characters soon. Unlike other titles, these are arguably completely free for all players, and besides Neco-Arc and Mash Kyrielight the new update should also bring a few changes to the multiplayer mode and other things.

Hugh Neutron joins the Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl roster

The platform fighter also gets a new character Nickelodeon All Star Brawl. None less than Hugh Neutron will join the Brawler’s roster, either as a separate purchase or as part of the game’s Season Pass. Hugh is voiced by Mark DeCarlo, who also lent his voice to the character on the show. one right There was also a detailed gameplay trailer.

Skullgirls 2nd Encore gets new DLC character

The last new character announced at EVO 2022 is Marie for the indie fighting game Skullgirls 2nd Encore. Marie is part of the first Skullgirls Season Pass and actually acted as a boss from the game’s story mode. So players may also get a whole new boss character if Marie has her own story mode.

Rollback netcode update for Dragon Ball, Samurai Shodown, and more

For fighting games, the online mode is often the most important feature. Here are fans mainly of rollback netcode convinced, because it provides a very pleasant playing experience. Although not all games are equipped with rollback netcode, this is now being handed in for some games. As announced at EVO 2022, Samurai Shodown get rollback netcode next year, Dragon Ball FighterZ will receive a version for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, which also includes rollback netcode, and also for Persona 4 Arena Ultimate a rollback update was released.

KOF 15 and Guilty Gear Strive Coming Soon to Cross-Play

In addition to a good online mode, it is of course also an advantage if the different platforms can play with each other. As a result, it cannot happen that a certain platform simply has too few players. Fortunately received both King of Fighters 15 as well as Guilty Gear Strive one soon Cross play updateso players can buy the titles on the platform of their choice without hesitation.